Teaching kids to read from the back of a burro

http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/02/25/cnnheroes.soriano/index.html?hpt=C1

To the unaccustomed eye, a man toting 120 books while riding a stubborn donkey would seem nothing short of a circus spectacle. But for hundreds of children in the rural villages of Colombia, Luis Soriano is far from a clown. He is a man with a mission to save rural children from illiteracy.

I had a good time it the teacher conference at the Duwamish longhouse today. There were several good workshops. I wish I could have attended more. There were several good lessons on keeping social studies students engaged. We learned how to make cattail mats.

A book that could be useful in the classroom:

http://www.heidibohan.com/People%20of%20Cascadia/Cascadia.htm

BBC News - US lessons on education spending

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8487872.stm

British education may be down in the dumps over government spending prospects, but in the US the picture is rather different.